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Aug 27, 1996 · Described as “a page-turner filled with greed, duplicity, heartache, and bare-knuckle legal brinksmanship" by The New York Times, A Civil Action is the searing, compelling tale of a legal system gone awry—one in which greed and power fight an unending struggle against justice.
Jonathan Harr is the author of the national bestseller A CIVIL ACTION, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction. He is a former staff writer at the New England Monthly and has written for The New Yorker and The New York Times Magazine.
Jonathan Harr is the author of the national bestseller A Civil Action, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction and The Lost Painting, a New York Times bestseller.
Known for his exhaustive research and remarkable narrative skills, Jonathan Harr is a nonfiction writer whose first book, A Civil Action (Random House, 1995), earned him a National Book Critics Award, the Chicago Tribune ’s Heartland Award, the American Bar Association’s Silver Gavel Award, and the Scribes Award, among many other honors.
Jonathan Harr is the author of the national bestseller A Civil Action, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction and The Lost Painting, a New York Times bestseller. He is a former staff writer at the New England Monthly and has written for The New Yorker and The New York Times Magazine.
This skill, the ability to transform the dry details of a protracted legal battle into high drama, is a major reason that Jonathan Harr received an invitation to Chicago this year as the Robert Vare Nonfiction Writer-in-Residence.
Aug 27, 1996 · A searing, compelling tale of a legal system gone awry--one in which greed and power fight an unending struggle against justice-- A Civil Action is also the story of how one determined man can ultimately make a difference.
